Lower glycemia levels in subjects with excessive erythrocytosis during the oral glucose tolerance test living in conditions of severe hypoxia.

Background: Previous studies showed that residents of higher elevations have lower glucose levels. Our objective in this study is to determine the basal and postprandial glucose levels in apparently healthy permanent residents of the miner population center of La Rinconada located 5100 meters (m) above sea level. Method: Forty male permanent residents of the Rinconada miner population center were studied. The oral glucose tolerance test was used to evaluate basal and postprandial glycemia levels at 1, 2, and 3 h. Results: The individuals had a mean age of 43.95 ± 8.54 years. Basal glycemia in subjects without excessive erythrocytosis (EE) was 73.3 ± 7.9 mg/dL, while levels in patients with EE were 57.98 ± 7.38 mg/dL. In the postprandial period, at 1 h after oral glucose overload, a mean value of 76.35 ± 13.53 mg/dL was observed in subjects with EE compared to 94.68 ± 9.98 mg/dL in subjects without EE. After 2 h, subjects with EE had a glycemia level of 72.91 ± 9.17 mg/dL EE compared to 90.73 ± 13.86 mg/dL without EE. At 3 h, the average glycemia level in subjects with EE was 70.77 ± 8.73 mg/dL compared to 87.79 ± 14.16 mg/dL in those without EE. Conclusion: These findings suggest that under hypoxic conditions, glycemia levels are lower in both subjects with and without EE, having obtained lower levels in subjects with EE in relation to those with normal values of Hb and Hct. The results of this study indicate that in the conditions of severe hypoxia, blood glucose levels are below the values considered normal for sea level.

Estrategias de la Organización Mundial de la Salud en Medicina Tradicional y Reconocimiento de Sistemas de Medicina Tradicional / Strategies of the World Health Organization in Traditional Medicine and Recognition of Traditional Medicine Systems

La Constitución de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) entró en vigor el 7 de abril de 1948, fecha que conmemoramos cada año mediante el Día Mundial de la Salud , teniendo como definición de la salud a "un estado de completo bienestar físico, mental y social

Estado Nutricional en niños de 6 a 10 años de edad de la comunidad infantil "Sagrada Familia". Lima, Marzo 2011 / Nutritional status in children 6 to 10 year old child

OBJETIVO: Describir el estado nutricional de niños de 6 a 10 años, de la Comunidad de Niños ôSagrada Familiaõ de Lima-Perú, durante marzo 2011. MATERIAL Y MÉTODO: Estudio descriptivo, transversal y prospectivo. Se estudió a 126 niños y niñas entre 6 y 10 años. Se consideró como variables: peso, talla e IMC. Para los diagnósticos de malnutrición se utilizaron: índices de Peso/edad, Talla/edad e IMC/edad, según el criterio actual de la OMS. Se determinó el valor ôzõ mediante programa OMS-AnthroPlus v1.0.4. El análisis de datos se realizó con el programa SPSS v15.0. RESULTADOS: 73% hombres y 27% mujeres, la mayoría tenían 10 años (29,4%). La media de peso, talla e IMC fueron 25,23 kg; 122,14 cm y 16,82 kg/m2. En cuanto al diagnóstico nutricional; 5,6% de niños presentaron desnutrición global, 23,8% desnutrición crónica, 21,4% sobrepeso y 2,4% obesidad, los hombres presentaron mayor porcentaje de desnutrición global (7,7%), desnutrición crónica (27,5%) y sobrepeso (23,1%), en cambio las mujeres presentaron mayor porcentaje de obesidad (2,9%). 71,4% de niños con desnutrición global eran desnutridos crónicos, 22,2% con sobrepeso poseían desnutrición crónica y 100% de obesos tenían crecimiento normal. CONCLUSIONES: El diagnóstico de malnutrición con mayor prevalencia es la desnutrición crónica. Además, se encontró solo casos de desnutridos crónicos con sobrepeso. Por tanto, a pesar que la desnutrición crónica está disminuyendo, no evita que sea la de mayor prevalencia a nivel escolar.

OBJETIVE: To describe the nutritional status of children from 6 to 10 years of age in the ôSagrada Familiaõ child community in Lima, Perú, in March 2011. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Type of study is descriptive, transversal and prospective. We studied 126 children between 6 and 10 years of the ôSagrada Familiaõchild community. The variables considered were weight, height and BMI as well as the diagnosis of malnutrition rates using weight / age, height / age and BMI / age current WHO criteria. We determined the value ôzõ using WHO-AnthroPlus v1.0.4. Data analysis was performed using SPSS v15.0. RESULTS: 73% were male and 27% female, most were 10 years of age (29.4%). Mean weight, height and BMI were 25.23 kg, 122.14 cm and 16.82 kg/m2 respectively. As for the nutritional diagnosis, 5.6% of children had global malnutrition, 23.8% had chronic malnutrition, 21.4% were overweight and 2.4% obese, males had a higher percentage of global malnutrition (7.7%), chronic malnutrition (27.5%) and overweight (23.1%), whereas women had a higher percentage of obesity (2.9%). 71.4% of children with global malnutrition had chronic malnutrition, 22.2% who were overweight had chronic malnutrition, and 100 % of obese have normal growth. CONCLUSIONS: The diagnosis of malnutrition is most prevalent as chronic malnutrition. It was also found only cases of chronically undernourished with overweight. Therefore, although chronic malnutrition is declining, it doesn´t stop being the most prevalent at school level.